John Alonzo

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2001 Final screen credit, "Deuces Wild"; released posthumously

1999 Served as cinematographer on John McNaughton's "Lansky" (HBO); garnered Emmy nomination

1994 Shot "Star Trek: Generations"

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2001 Final screen credit, "Deuces Wild"; released posthumously

1999 Served as cinematographer on John McNaughton's "Lansky" (HBO); garnered Emmy nomination

1994 Shot "Star Trek: Generations"

1992 Was director of photography for Ralph Bakshi's mix of animation and live action, "Cool World"

1990 Served as cinematographer for Friedkin's "The Guardian"

1987 Collaborated again with Marshall on "Overboard"

1986 Initial collaboration with Garry Marshall, "Nothing in Common"; third and final teaming with Stark

1983 Seventh and last collaboration with Ritt, "Cross Creek"

1983 Reteamed with De Palma on the reamke of "Scarface"

1979 TV directing debut, "Champions: A Love Story" (CBS); also director of photography

1979 Reunited with Ritt for "Norma Rae"

1978 First collaboration with producer Ray Stark, "The Cheap Detective"

1978 Feature directorial debut, "FM"

1977 Was director of photography for Frankenheimer's "Black Sunday"

1977 Photographed parts of Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (credited as additional director of photography)

1974 Reteamed with Ritt for "Conrack"

1974 Received an Academy Award nomination for his work on Roman Polanski's "Chinatown"; replaced Stanley Cortez on film

1972 First collaborations with director Martin Ritt, "Sounder" and "Pete 'n' Tillie"

1972 Shot Brian De Palma's "Get to Know Your Rabbit"

1971 Reunited with Sarafian, this time serving as director of photography on "Vanishing Point"

1971 Initial TV-movie as director of photography, "Revenge" (ABC)

1970 First feature as director of photography, "Bloody Mama"

1966 Filled in as a camera operator for cinematographer James Wong Howe on John Frankenheimer's "Seconds" and impressed Howe and Frankenheimer so much that they sponsored him for union membership

1962 Acted in Richard Sarafian's "Terror at Black Falls"

1960 Appeared in "The Magnificent Seven"

1956 Moved to Los Angeles to host a children's show on local KHJ-TV, featuring Senor Turtle, a character he had created for a Dallas show

Worked as camera operator and director at WFAA-TV (Dallas) in the eraly 1950s

Turned to acting after cancellation of show and earned extra money doing publicity stills as a photographer

Served as cameraman on short films by independent filmmakers such as Bruce Curtis and Robert Clause

Worked for David Wolper Productions on William Friedkin-directed documentaries "Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon" (1965) and "The Thin Blue Line" (1966)

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